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The halfway point has been reached in an extended public consultation into whether Galloway should become Scotland's third national park. NatureScot is conducting the process which ends on 14 ...
NatureScot (Scottish Gaelic: NàdarAlba) is the operating name for the body formally called Scottish Natural Heritage. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body [1] of the Scottish Government responsible for the country's natural heritage, especially its natural, genetic and scenic diversity.
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a full planning authority, exercising powers that would otherwise be exercised by the local authority, whilst the Cairngorms National Park has the power to "call in" planning decisions from the local authority where they are considered to conflict with the aims of the park. [28]
This suggestion was supported by the Scottish Campaign for National Parks in 2018, along with proposals for a new regional park covering the Ochil Hills. [6] In 2022 Avich and Kilchrenan community council proposed that the area surrounding Loch Awe should be designated a regional park by Argyll and Bute Council. [7]
National nature reserves were first created under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. [4] In 1996 the public body responsible for Scotland's natural heritage, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH – since renamed NatureScot), undertook a review of NNR policy that took account of the availability of other designations conferring legal protection, such as site of special ...
Slater, with representatives from NatureScot and Friends of Saughton Park, launching a biodiversity consultation, September 2023. Slater launched a consultation on the Scottish Government's biodiversity framework in September 2023. [39]
The South Downs National Park local plan includes 48 new proposed site allocations. ... A consultation on the plan started on Monday and is due to end on 17 March. Tim Slaney, director at the ...
National nature reserves (NNRs) are areas of land or water designated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to contain habitats and species of national importance. . NNRs can be owned by public, private, community or voluntary organisations but must be managed to conserve their important habitats and species, as well as providing opportunities for the public to enjoy and engage with nat